Definitions for authorities
au·thor·i·ties

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1. government, authorities, regimenoun

   the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

   "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

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1. authoritiesnoun

   Plural form of authority.

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1. Authorities

   of Authority

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1. Authorities

   This is a list of Authorities from the V science fiction franchise. Known members of the police and military forces on Earth defending or aiding against the Visitor horde are detailed below.

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1. authorities

   Plural form of the word authority.

   The relevant housing authorities created a social housing plan.

   Submitted by MaryC on May 1, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Government
   • Polity

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'authorities' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #764

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'authorities' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1042

How to pronounce authorities?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say authorities in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of authorities in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of authorities in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of authorities in a Sentence

1. Nikolai Alexeyev:

   It is lawlessness of Moscow's and Russian authorities - what is happening here is a complete lawlessness, we are just trying to hold a peaceful human rights action.

2. Police Commissioner Trevor Botting:

   Three American tourists live in a world filled with many bad things, but Three American tourists still have Good Samaritans, i would like to thank those who came to the aide of the children and everyone who were a part of the search and rescue, this includes volunteers, Three American tourists Emergency Response Teams and the U.S. Coastguard Helicopter crew. While authorities have not yet publically identified the victims, family members in Texas identified the married couple as Irma Barrera, 33, and Roy Perez, 38. Family members told KTRK they were working to get the couples 15-year-old daughter who survived back to the U.S. The third man was identified was Dr. Richard Okoloise, who was known as someone who loved to travel. Friends told KPRC-TV he was an.

3. John Kaehny:

   Kathy Hochul, who had no power as lieutenant governor to really influence things, will have all the power as governor to be able to greenlight and influence deals between state regulators and state agencies and public authorities and Delaware North, bottom line : She's in a place to make Delaware North a ton of money if she was so inclined, by granting them favorable treatment and putting her thumb on the scale.

4. Brian Schatz:

   This is a question of where you stand as it relates to the constitutional authorities of the legislative branch and what they're working on is purely a distraction.

5. Malaysia Airlines:

   Malaysia Airlines denied boarding of the said passenger under the instruction of the Indonesian authorities.

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